A VEILED EGYPTIAN BEAUTY.
There has been so much secrecy about the Egyptian troubles that it is not easy to explain England's present activity on the Nile.
The last report says that Colonel Parsons, on his way to take Kassaba from the Italians, met King Menelik. The King was very angry because the town had been surrendered to the Egyptians. He claimed that Kassaba belonged to his territory, and he was then engaged in organizing an army to fight for what he considered his right.
The situation in Egypt is further complicated by the report that General Kitchener's Soudanese troops, in whose fighting qualities he has had great confidence, have shown signs of dissatisfaction.
If they were to rebel against England's authority at this time, the consequence might be very serious.
Just now England is under such terrible expense that it is thought that her present exchequer is in danger of exhaustion.
She is sending forces to the Nile to settle the Egyptian troubles there, and she has the uprisings on the Indian frontier, which are likely to cause her considerable expense.